Elgar's "Cockaigne Overture" - - Audio + Full Score

[@emperornapoleon6204]

He may have been English, but even I can’t deny that this is an excellent piece of music.

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

You make it sound like being English is a prerequisite for not being able to compose good music.

[@niraptakis]

i never clocked the organ at the end. This recording sounds so good

[@thomasrollig6002]

Wunderschönes Werk, großartige Interpretation

[@davidrehak3539]

Edward Elgar:Cockaigne Nyitány Op.40
Philharmonia Zenekar
Vezényel:Arthur Bliss

[@camillebouchard6436]

J'aime ++++

[@Kris9kris]

Absolutely beautiful. I think Elgar wouldn't hesitate to dig a deeper grave for himself if he saw the predicament that London finds itself nowadays...

[@ПётрИльи́чЧайковский-ь9м]

oh he most definitely would. On the political compass, he's actually placed in the "right authoritarian" sector.

[@jeffreykahl2548]

Parts of this piece remind me of Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet." I absolutely love Vaughan Williams!

[@Kris9kris]

"I absolutely love Vaughan Williams" ???

[@victoryproductions5152]

This piece is written by Elgar, not RVW...

[@subplantant]

anyone else think this piece works better with a bit more 'zip'?

[@AndreyRubtsovRU]

Sure. Cut it. Cut it again. But then... British audience might cut you as well. They used to cut Russian symphonies all the time as well.

[@jaegonekim]

Cockaigne? the drug?

[@thebrasshole6204]

김재곤 it's french for Cockney

[@jaegonekim]

ah I see thx

[@guscox9651]

@@thebrasshole6204 i dont think it is. i remember looking it up, pretty sure its an old english word referring to a mythical ideal paradise thing

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

No, Cockney.